EP 0994596 A2 20000419 - Digital data bi-directional communication method and apparatus
Title (en)
Digital data bi-directional communication method and apparatus
Title (de)
Verfahren und System zur bidirektionalen digitalen Datenübertragung
Title (fr)
Procédé et système de transmission bidirectionnelle de données numériques
Publication
Application
Priority
IL 12654098 A 19981011
Abstract (en)
Apparatus and a method of bi-directional communication of digital data between a plurality of remote users and a base station using a shared communication channel and a time-division protocol in which the communication time is divided into a plurality of time slots is provided. The method includes transmitting packets of data according to a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) protocol in which each user is allocated a dedicated time slot in the shared communication channel; and transmitting other packets of data according to a time-division ALOHA protocol in which each user is allocated a time slot in the shared communication channel on an "as needed" basis, competing with other users for access to the shared communication channel, and subsequently re-transmits those packets of data where no acknowledgement is received until an acknowledgement is received. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04L 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04L 1/1887 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0994596 A2 20000419; EP 0994596 A3 20011010; AU 5359199 A 20000413; IL 126540 A0 19990817
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99120271 A 19991011; AU 5359199 A 19991011; IL 12654098 A 19981011